Chapter 98: Report to the National Security Bureau

  At the beginning of the year, when Yu Xiaopeng was dealt with, Sun Cheng was also worried for a few days. Later, seeing that no one came to look for him, he gradually relaxed. Unexpectedly, more than half a year later, he was taken away by the police and directly sent to the Provincial Public Security Bureau.

  Although the police did not reveal why they arrested him, Sun Cheng still had a number in his mind. Over the years, except for setting up a scam to cheat Cong Ye that one time, he hadn't done anything illegal. Occasionally, he would use some small tricks to get rid of competitors who wanted to steal his projects, although this happened from time to time. However, as someone familiar with legal knowledge, he knew that it didn't violate the law. Thinking about the recording of their conversation at Zhang's seafood restaurant still in Cong Ye's hands, Sun Cheng had already made up his mind on the way to the provincial city. Although he had received a few small projects from Yu Xiao Peng and earned some money, it was not enough for him to take the fall for him. Therefore, as soon as they arrived at the Provincial Public Security Bureau, Sun Cheng detailed the whole incident.

  "Are you saying that Yu Xiaopeng was behind all of this?"

  "Yes, I just executed it, the idea was from Yu Xiaopeng."

  "You mean you have no responsibility?"

  "Yes, but I'm not the mastermind."

  Sun Cheng had no idea where Cong Ye's reserved memory card in his mobile phone at that time was thrown.

  Through the inquiry of the police to the boss of that nightclub, Sun Cheng's words were also confirmed. At that time, when Sun Cheng found him, he indeed said that he was instructed by Yu Xiaopeng and only agreed to frame Cong Ye together because he couldn't afford to offend Yu Xiaopeng.

  When Yu Xiaopeng was summoned to the Public Security Bureau for the second time and saw Sun Cheng's confession, he did not defend himself, but said:

  "It was I who instructed Sun Cheng to do it."

  "Tell me again what your purpose is in repeatedly pressuring and framing Cong Ye."

  "I like Yan Qingcheng and don't want any other man by her side, that's all."

  Yu Xiaopeng directly spoke the truth. This was not Yu Xiaopeng's intention, but that night, late at night, he went to the study and talked with his father, who had always been very strict with himself, for over an hour. Yu Xiaopeng had no choice but to surrender and agree to tell the police the true intentions behind forcing Yan Qingcheng and sending someone to beat up Cong Ye, which was that he liked Yan Qingcheng.

  This time Yu Xiaopeng was summoned to the police station and was not let go again.

  Soon, a report on Yu Xiaopeng's criminal facts was sent to the office of Provincial Public Security Department Director Zou.

  The report's main content only mentioned that Yu Xiaopeng was guilty of intentional homicide and framing, but did not mention anything about the hostage-taking incident on Nanjing Road. Director Zou furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, feeling that this report would definitely not be accepted by the higher-ups, especially those in the military. The instructions from above were clear: they must investigate whether Yu Xiaopeng was related to the hostage-taking incident on Nanjing Road.

  However, it was not mentioned at all in the report.

  Director Zou thought of a problem, if he wanted to hire Zhang Cheng, an escaped convict with a homicide case on his back, it would be necessary to use a large amount of funds. The person in charge of handling this case, Li Naiyu, was also a seasoned veteran police officer, and it was impossible for him to have overlooked this. But why didn't he mention it at all in the report? Thinking of this, he immediately dialed Li Naiyu's phone number.

  "Old Li, I've read the report and it seems like something is missing?"

  "Haha, I knew it, once the leader sees the report, they will definitely call me."

  "Oh? Is it inconvenient to write in the report?"

  "Yes. We have already arranged for an investigation into the accounts under Di Rong and Yu Xiao Peng's names, and did not find any unusual large-scale fund transfers. So now we plan to investigate the bank accounts of people around them. Old leader, you also know about Yu Xiao Peng's special identity, so I didn't write this aspect in the report."

  "What do you plan to do?"

  "This is it, just want to listen to the old leader's advice."

  "My suggestion is just one, and it must be accounted for above."

  "I understand now. But still need Secretary Yu and others to cooperate, should we ask the leader to communicate first?"

  "Alright, I'll go and greet Secretary Yu right away. You all just do what you need to do, don't hold back."

  "Yes."

  He put down the phone, organized his words and immediately dialed Secretary Yu's mobile phone.

  Yu Secretary is good, Zou Zhenshu.

  "Director Zou, something's up?"

  "It's like this, they need to investigate the bank accounts of people around Xiaopeng and others. They just called me and asked me to inform the secretary."

  "As long as it's necessary for the case, let Director Li follow the legal procedure and investigate whoever needs to be investigated, without worrying about anything."

  "Thank you Secretary Yu, I will notify Nai Yun immediately."

  The reason why the police did not find any evidence of large sums of money being transferred from Di Rong's personal account to someone else's account is that Di Rong never put all his funds into his own name account. Especially the funds prepared by Di Rong for activity expenses, not only were they not deposited in his own name, but also would not be deposited in the names of people around him.

  Di Rong had three accounts in his name, opened with fake IDs at a bank. Di Rong's original intention was to use these accounts to bribe key personnel in certain departments of the steel company where he worked, as well as to hire some illegal elements to do some illegal things for him. He did this to prevent being caught and investigated in case something went wrong in the future. The one million yuan given to Zhang Cheng was also transferred from one of these three accounts.

  Yu Xiaopeng didn't have Di Rong's seamless performance.

  Although no funds were found to have been transferred into someone else's account or an account of unknown origin in his personal name, however, after Director Li Naiyuan ordered an investigation into the bank accounts of Yu Xiaoping's family members, a clue was soon discovered in a bank account opened in the name of Yu Xiaoping's mother Wang Pengying.

  Just the night before last, at around 11 o'clock, a huge sum of 15 million was transferred out from Wang Pengying's account. Moreover, the recipient was a private bank account overseas. This discovery immediately raised high concerns among the police. Li Naiyuan immediately ordered to continue investigating to see if there were any other suspicious fund flows. After further investigation three years ago, two more fund flows were discovered: one in early spring with an amount of 500,000 and another in autumn with an amount of 1 million. Moreover, both recipients were the same private account number, which was located overseas in the same region as the recipient of the 15 million transferred out the night before last.

  Li Naiyun had a faint feeling that things were beyond his imagination, and he immediately came to the provincial hall, Zhou Zhen's office, and made a report in person.

  "This thing shouldn't be so simple."

  Director Zou Zhen-shu tapped his hand on the table and said to Li Nai-yu:

  "As far as I know, neither Yu Xiaopeng nor Wang Pengying has any relatives or projects in that country. These two sums of money, added up, are not a small amount."

  "Director, what's next?"

  "It's natural to investigate the recipient's details, but that's beyond our scope. Report it to the National Security Bureau. However, not a single word can be leaked out before the investigation is clear, you should understand the severity of the matter."

  "Yes."

  "What about Yu Xiaopeng and Di Rong?"

  "For now, let's go along with your report and hand it over to the judicial department for sentencing. I'll make an explanation to the higher-ups."

  "Alright then, if there's nothing else, I'll be off."

  "Wait a minute."

  Zou Zhenshu stopped Li Naiyu who was about to leave and said to him:

  "Let the judicial department handle it, you go and take care of it. You represent the provincial hall to go to Beijing for a trip. Go to the dry rest home under General Mountain, ask to see Qi Lao, and report the case to Qi Lao in person. Qi Lao has been paying attention to this case, do you understand?"

  "I understand. Then, about what we discussed earlier, should we let Old Qi know about it?"

  "Come on, reveal it, otherwise Old Qi won't be satisfied."